Clean Up a Project

After you have translated project files, it is time to clean them and update the translation memory (TM). The Clean Up action converts the bilingual TXLF files into translated target files with the file format of the source.

To clean up the project and update the TM:

  1. In Current Project view and on the Project Files tab, click Clean Up.
  2. On the Project Clean Up dialog, select a language or languages.

    All Language Pairs

    Click to clean up all language pairs for the project

    Specific Language Pairs

    Click to clean up only the language pairs you specify from the drop-down list

    Single Language Pair

    Click to clean up only one language pair you select from the drop-down list

  3. Specify the location for the translated files from the drop-down list.
  4. (Optional) Select Create subfolders by language.
  5. (Optional) Select Add language suffix to the translated file name.
  6. Select TM Overwrite Options from the drop-down list.
  7. Select the TM(s) to Update from the table.
  8. Click Clean Up.
  9. On the Info dialog, click OK.

    The cleaned files are saved at the designated location.